(b) The board shall consist of twenty-three members. The
members shall include:

(1) The secretary of the department of education and the arts,
ex officio, or his or her designee;

(2) The secretary of health and human resources, ex officio,
or his or her designee;

(3) The state superintendent of schools, ex officio, or his or
her designee;

(4) The secretary of the department of military affairs and
public safety, ex officio, or his or her designee;

(5) The director of the bureau of behavioral health within the
department of health and human resources, ex officio, or his or her
designee;

(6) The director of the division of rehabilitation services,
ex officio, or his or her designee;

(7) The director of the bureau of medical services, ex
officio, or his or her designee;

(8) The director of the office of emergency services, ex
officio, or his or her designee;

(9) The executive director of the workers' compensation
commission, ex officio, or his or her designee;

(10) Seven members appointed by the governor to represent public and private health organizations or other disability
coalitions or advisory groups; and

(11) Seven members appointed by the governor who are either
survivors of traumatic brain or spinal cord injury or family
members of persons with traumatic brain or spinal cord injury.

(c) The citizen members shall be appointed by the governor for
terms of three years, except that of the members first appointed,
two of the representatives of public and nonprofit private health
organizations, disability coalitions or advisory groups and two of
the representatives of survivors or family members of persons with
traumatic brain or spinal cord injuries shall serve for terms of
one year, two of the representatives of each of those respective
groups shall serve for terms of two years and the remaining three
representatives of each of those respective groups shall serve for
terms of three years. All subsequent appointments shall be for
three years. Members shall serve until the expiration of the term
for which they have been appointed or until their successors have
been appointed and qualified. In the event of a vacancy, the
governor shall appoint a qualified person to serve for the
unexpired term. No member may serve more than two consecutive
three-year terms. State officers or employees may be appointed to
the board unless otherwise prohibited by law.

(d) In the event a board member fails to attend more than
twenty-five percent of the scheduled meetings in a twelve-month
period, the board may, after written notification to that member and the secretary of education and the arts, request in writing
that the governor remove the member and appoint a new member to
serve his or her unexpired term.

(e) The board shall elect from its membership a chairperson,
treasurer and secretary as well as any other officer as
appropriate. The term of the chairperson is for two years in
duration and he or she cannot serve more than two consecutive
terms.

Note: WV Code updated with legislation passed through the 2015 Regular Session
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